---
type: "Bill"
title: "Retirement Tech./Protect./& Other Changes."
description: "Retirement Tech./Protect./& Other Changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 719"
citation: "North Carolina SB 719 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ARMED FORCES", "BOARDS", "CJRS", "COUNCIL OF STATE", "DEFINITIONS", "GENERAL ASSEMBLY", "INSURANCE", "INSURANCE", "HEALTH", "JUDGES", "LGERS", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "LRS", "MAGISTRATES", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "RETIREMENT", "SALARIES & BENEFITS", "STATE EMPLOYEES", "STATE TREASURER", "TEACHERS", "STATE HEALTH PLAN", "TSERS", "TSERS BOARD", "CHAPTERED", "LGERS BOARD", "NATIONAL GUARD", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES", "PENSION & RETIREMENT FUNDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edwards", "Wells"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-05-13"
last_action: "2020-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/06e737fe-11a7-424c-b116-59c3d1617efd"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2019&BillID=S719&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "7c915be9e3c0b7bf52cff43b849df8c968050f8c2287ef833a93a59373d1b1e9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 719 (2019) — Retirement Tech./Protect./& Other Changes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S719v0.pdf)
2. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S719v1.pdf)
3. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S719v2.pdf)
4. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S719v3.pdf)
5. **SL 2020-48** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2019/Bills/Senate/PDF/S719v4.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 9 To Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Second Reading — **117–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edwards — primary (person)
- Wells — primary (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Sawyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-06-26** Ch. SL 2020-48 `became-law`
- **2020-06-26** Signed by Gov. 6/26/2020 `executive-signature`
- **2020-06-18** Pres. To Gov. 6/18/2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-17** Ratified
- **2020-06-16** Ordered Enrolled
- **2020-06-16** Concurred In H Com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-15** Placed On Cal For 06/16/2020
- **2020-06-15** Regular Message Received For Concurrence in H Com Sub
- **2020-06-11** Regular Message Sent To Senate
- **2020-06-10** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-06-10** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-06-09** Placed On Cal For 06/10/2020
- **2020-06-09** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2020-06-09** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-03** Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-06-03** Re-ref Com On Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-28** Ref to the Com on Pensions and Retirement, if favorable, Judiciary, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-28** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-05-28** Regular Message Received From Senate
- **2020-05-28** Regular Message Sent To House
- **2020-05-27** Passed 3rd Reading `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-05-27** Passed 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2020-05-26** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-21** Re-ref Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-21** Reptd Fav `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-05-14** Re-ref to Pensions and Retirement and Aging. If fav, re-ref to Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-14** Withdrawn From Com
- **2020-05-14** Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate `referral-committee`
- **2020-05-14** Passed 1st Reading `reading-1`
- **2020-05-13** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/06e737fe-11a7-424c-b116-59c3d1617efd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).